Cutting or slicing device



March 4, 1930. QGREN 1,748,997

CUTTING OR SLIGING DEVICE Filed May 5, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet l I I l 4- I j I 1 9 isi flgggagga 9 -l INVENTOR 9 5- G. le/wos I I x; L ATTORNEY CUTTING OR SLICING DEVICE Filed May 3, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 T w INVENTOR I 4 5 5 616. Renzos- ATTORNEY March 4, 1930. c. G. RENTOS 1,748,997

CUTTING OR SLICING DEVICE Filed May 5, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR a Patented Mar. 4,11930.

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I I cnr'rme on sLIeIivG DEVICE Applicatiorifiled May a, ism/seria No. 188,453. a

- The object of inventionis to provide 'a device or machine adapted" for cutting or slicing various articles successively, such as V vegetables; fruits and the like, intonumerous 5. slices expeditiously and without injury to the articles, g i I .My inventioncomprises novel details of improvement that willbe more fully hereinafter set forth-andthen pointed out in the 10 clainn "Fig; 3 is a perspect've 2 presser'; a

Fig; 4 isa 'p1an;..view partly broken, the

cutters 1 being omitted and. the legs folded; "Fig.'5 is asideviewiof Fig; 41.; a I "Fig.6 is a section 0 "line'6; 6, in Fig. 5 ig. 7 isa sectionaldetail on line 7", .7 j in .1Fig.'8. is a planjview'partlyfbroken and ';pfartly in'section on line 8, 8, in Fig; 1 Yy-Figp9 is a vertical section substantially on line 9, 9, in Fig.1; v V Fig.10is a perspective detail of one of the cutter members, and r I r f Fig. 11 is a similafr view oflazm'odification. Similar nnmerals'. of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several "views. 1 ;The numeral w 1 indicates 'a main frame .adaptedto support the ciittersandithepresser. Theframe'l-is shown substantially in rectangular form and of an open varietyshown 1. 1051 tare showniprovidedwit nut sat .6 in Q views and stop orf ld at 6...111 1 Fig;.-8-,.against= thein rsides ofthe' b s 2 withn s' g instthei iter si e or the .Said ba s, isl sr.ehvtlm latter se u'redrin r reti e relation. E e-legs? simmers th detail'of the; areas j. comprisinggspaced side bars 2v having suit- I able-legs sand, transverse tie rods .4; securing the side; bars :in spaced relation providing: an 1 -,in;ner opening 1 at 15, (Figs;- 4; and 8.)." "The ame elevated ahere atableer; qthsrsuppertl screwing-r p.- thenutsage nstthe here? On which the device rests for use, so thatthe 7' cut or sliceduarticlesA may drop below, the

frame. p v

1 In Figs. 1 to'7 the legs 3 are pivoted to fold along thesidebars 2- of frame 1 to reduce,

the compass of the device when not in use, and said legs are to extend downwardly, to support theframe for use. The legs'are shown pivoted near their upper endsv on the rods 4 and provided with spring-pressed locking pins 3"- adapted to enter spaced openings or holes 2 in the side bars 2'to retain the legs extendedfor use (Figs. land 7). The

sidebars 2 also have'openings or holes 2* to receive" the lockingpins 8 to retain the ,p legs in folded positions onein front of an-- other along the outer'sidesiof'g the bars 2,

(Figs. 1, land 5). -The openings or holes 2 and 2 for each legzare suitablyspaced apart to retain the correspondinglegs in the. foldedor extended position. {Thesprings 3? il ends of the legs and bear against the bottoms of the recesses and against shoulders or heads pinsengage-thelegs to resist the springs. By

lustrated arefwithin recesses31intheouter pullingout thepins the-legs maybe swung from the folded positions (Fig. 4); to the.

operative positions and the pins within the,

holes 2 will retain the legs for use, (Figs.

1 and7), and vice. versa. If preferred the legs may beintegral with or permanently ata tached tothe side bars '2, as in Figs. 8 and 9.

At 8 are spaced cntterssu'pported by the frame with their cutting edges exposed; up-. ward'ly, the spacing between the gutters be: ing of thedesired width for slicing articles,

' such as vegetables, fruits and the like. The cutters are comprised in a member-that s removable from the main frame and includes spaced side bars.9 connected to-getherat illeii end portionsbytie rods 10 having sleeye-like. spacers 11 thereon on opposite sides of thecutters, the rods having heads 12 ;atone end tl rs alo ge. ds n Su cessi e relati d:

construction described permits ready replacement of the cutters when required. The upper edge portions of the frame bars 2 are recessed at 2*, (Figs. 1 and in such a way that the cutter member describedmay beplaced in said recesses so as to rest on the side bars 2 and be opposed in a longitudinal direction by the upwardly extending edge portions 2" of the recesses 2", and the side bars 9 of the cutter member extend outside of side bars 2 to keep said member from lateral displacement in the frame. A second cutter member, substantially similar to the first named cutter member, is also provided adapted-to be placed upon the first named cutter member and having spaced cutters located indifferent positions with relation to the'cutters 8 The second named cutter member is shown comprising spaced side bars 14, transverse rods 15 adjacent to the ends of said bars and passing through holes in spaced cutters 16, the rods'l5 being provided with sleeve-like. spacers 17 that are on opposite sides of and space the cutters 16 apart between the side bars 14, andthe rods 15 have heads 18 at one end and nuts 19 at the opposite end, whereby thecutters 16 and spacers 17 are detachably clamped between the bars 14 in a unitary structure. The last named cutter member is adapted to be placed within the recesses 2- of the main frame to be opposed by the side bars 2 and their edge portions 2". and to rest upon the lower cutter member. In the example illustrated the side bars 14 of the upper cutter member rest upon the side bars 9 of the lower cutter member so that cutters of one member are supported on a level above the cutters of another member. The cutters 16 are so spaced within the corresponding cutter member as to be out of registerwith the cutters S and in register with the spaces between said cutters of the other cutter member, and thus the cutters of one member are in staggered relation to the cutters of the other member for appropriately slicing the articles A. The upper edges of some or all of the cutters may be concave to receive the articles A and tend to keep them from rolling along'thecutters.

In order to force the articles A against the cutters I provide a presser, indicated at 20,

which ismovably supported over the cutters to be advanced toward and retracted from the same. The presser illustrated comprises a series of spaced projections 21 extending from a base or plate 20*, said projections being so located with respect to the cutters as to oppose the cutters of the lowermost member and'to pass between the cutters'of the upper member 7 to force the articles A against and between the cutters, as'illustrated in Fig. 2. The

parts 20 and 21 may be cast in a single piece of metal or may bein separate pieces suitably secured together, if preferred. By prefer- 'ence the lower edges of the projections 21 a are provided with longitudinal grooves 21? sider character of the cutting and slicing of the articles A. The presser 20 is shown operatively carried by a movable member 23 shown in the form 'of an arm or. lever pivotally supported upon the mainframe upon a rod 24 carried by said frame. The presser 20 is shownpivotally carried by the member 23 so as to accommodate or conform itself to the shape of the articles A upon'th'e cutters and to level itself over the cuttersatthe termination. of a cutting stroke. The base 20 is shown provided with an aperturedlug25 located between jaws 26 on member 23 and pivotedto said jaws by a pivot pin 27 that passes through the jaws and the'aperture of the lug. The rod 24 is secured between the upwardly extending portions 2 of the side bars 2 of the main frame by means of nuts 28, and collars 29 are suitably secured, as by pins 30, (Figs.

4 and 8), to the rod 24 on opposite'sides of member 23 to retain the same from lateral displacement and rotatively in proper position.

Assuming thatpotatoes are'to heart or sliced, the presser 20 will be raised so that a potato may be placed upon the upper cutters 16 and then the presser will be forced downwardly against the potato, pushing the latter downwardly against the cutters. The

upper cutters 16 will'first cut relatively wide slices from the potato by reason of the pressure of the projections 21 against the potato, and such slices will be forced against 1 the lowercutters 8 which will slit .orsever such wider slices into narrower slices. Any slices of the potato that remain suspended between the lower cutters willbe forced. therefrom by the succeeding potato that" is being .isliced,

and so on as successive potatoes are sliced.

ber maybe applied in the main frame, such asthe'member having the cutters 8, to oppose V the projections 21 of the presser. a

The shape of the cutters maybe asdesired,

rsuch as provided with plane sides, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 9 and 10,101 some of the cutters may be corrugated orflutechsufch as for producing corresponding shapes on the'slices, as illustrated in Fig. 11. For instance, the lower cutters 8 may becorrugated or fiuted in an upward direction and the up er eutters 16 may be plane or straightalo'ng their sides,

in which event when potatoes are sliced one side of each slice w ll be smqoth y p ssing' the cutter 16, and the opposite side of the corresponding slice will be corrugated by v passing the corrugated cutter.

v The slices may be-placed upon the cutters and again sliced to cut them into smaller pieces.

By means of myimprovement various'articles'may be expeditiously and, successively cut or sliced by simply placing the articles upon the cutters and appropriately operating the presser, whereby time is saved over the usual cuttingior slicing of such articles man'- v ually with a'knife, and theslices are all sub stantially of the 'samecharacter'of slicing' V Having now described my invention what I claim is A device'of the character described comprising a frame having an inner opening, a a a cutter member provided with spaced cutters disconnected from one another between their ends, adapted to be removably supported upon the frame in register'vwithsaid opening,

a second cutter member provided with spaced cutters disconnected from one another between their ends,-adapted to be located over the first named cutter member with the cutters of the second named member parallelv with and above the first named cutters and r out of vertical register therewith, thesecond I named cutters being in register with the V 30 spaces between the first named cutters, a member pivotally supported by the frame to operate over the cutters, and a presser pivotstructed swinging motion'in the plane of the ally hung from said member to have unobcutters, said presser having projections to enof different articles on the cutters, the second named cutters operating to cut parallel slices 'from 'an article, and the first named cutters operating to out said slices into o parallel pieces as the said projections pass between the second named cutters into engagement with the first named cutters.

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